The problem is that everything else (buttons, smileys etc.) is a lot more eye-catching than posters' names and posts themselves. I'd like if the message view was more like that 'topic review' you get when posting.

IMO it'd be easier to see if the board was dark text on a light backround rather than vice versa (or if there was an option for viewing it that way... i think you can get "style options" on vbulletin)...

Some boards have alternating background colours for each reply eg. a slightly lighter and darker blue or grey on alternate posts... another option is having solid lines between them as Trojan has, although i think that the alternating colour option is prettier (maybe we could have red, gold and green? )

hey, just noticed that in the "topic review" box that i can see now there actually are separation lines... maybe it should just look like that...